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A Farm Life

This premiere series, is A Farm Life, as you’ve never seen it before. George is no ordinary farmer and Warborne Organic Farm is no ordinary farm. Set in the New Forest this 13 part observational series follows the lives of the George and Kate Heathcote and their three young children as they farm and live an organic ...

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African Bambi

This unique film follows a real life Bambi set in the beautiful surroundings of East Africa. Viewers meet the young impala who must learn the rules and the hazards of the African bush. Throughout his adventures this African Bambi will face love, drama and adventure, seen through the eyes of the narrator – the wise ...

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Amba the Russian Tiger

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan heads to eastern Russia on his most challenging trip to date, as he goes in search of the Russian tiger. The beautiful and unknown area of Ussuriland is his destination which has the largest unbroken area of forest with the single largest population of tigers anywhere in the world.

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Animal Airport

Heathrow is the world’s busiest airport. more planes, passengers and animals pass through here than any other International airport. Nowhere else will you find as many species bagged, crated and caged as they journey – some legally, many illegally – across the globe.

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Animal Precinct

Animal Precinct

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Anna's Wildlife

After buying Manor House Wildlife Park, TV personality Anna Ryder Richardson and husband Colin McDougall must look after the hundreds of exotic animals that live there already. But will this be harder than they expected?

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Aussie Animal Rescue

Aussie Animal Rescue.


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Baboons With Bill Bailey

Baboons With Bill Bailey

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Bad Dog

Bad Dog

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Bear Whisperer 2

Bear season has arrived once again in California's Mammoth Lakes as Animal Planet's captivating series returns with the biggest of the black bears rumbling into town.

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Bear Woman

Ann Bryant is on a one-woman mission to save Lake Tahoe's black bears from their biggest threat: people.

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Big Cat Diary Series 3

Big Cat Diary Series 3

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Big Cat Doctor

Big Cat Doctor

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Big Cats Secret Lives

Big Cats Secret Lives

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Big Five Challenge

Animal Planet has selected six lucky contestants from across the globe including the UK to take part in an extraordinary mission in the heart of the Zimbabwean bush. Their task is to track, locate and photograph the Big Five: the elephant, buffalo, rhino, lion and the elusive leopard in order to win the trip of a ...

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Buggin’ Out

BUGGIN' OUT sheds light on the fascinating scientific facts and insights that make exotic, creepy insects extraordinary works of evolutionary biology.


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Cats 101

Cats 101 is a visual encyclopaedia of cat breeds celebrating a variety of fascinating facts surrounding these furry creatures. Using experts, cat owners and narration, the series focuses on the characteristics that make each feline unique.

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Cats of Claw Hill

Ever wondered what your feline friends get up to when you are not at home? Cats of Claw Hill offers an unprecedented insight into the secret lives of the domestic cat. Brand new to Animal Planet, this unique series exposes the murder, mayhem and feline scandal hidden from the human eye.

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Chris Humfry's Wildlife

Meet Chris Humpfrey, a zoologist who lives in an idyllic bush haven in Victoria, Australia with his young family, their dog - oh, and around 2000 other pets.

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Clinically Wild

Clinically Wild is an intriguing docu-soap that tells the fascinating stories of both the staff and animal patients at a 24-hour emergency pet clinic in the wildest part of the United States, Alaska. When the last great American wilderness is your back yard, the animals that frolic in it can become your responsibility.

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Crocodile Blues

Amongst the foothills of the Himalayan mountain range, in the chilly waters of the Girwa River live two of the strangest and most endangered fishers on earth.


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Dogs 101 Series 4

Dogs 101 Series 4

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Dugong and Din

On a distant island near Borneo an eight year old boy called Din keeps an incredible secret. He has forged a friendship with one of the rarest and shyest creatures in the ocean, a Dugong. The dugong is a large marine mammal which, together with the manatees, is one of four living species of the order Sirenia.


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Giant Pythons with Nigel Marven

Nigel Marven is a braver man than most. In this programme he investigates an influx of huge snakes into southern Florida. Tens of thousands of Burmese pythons are invading the sunny state and causing havoc.

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Giant Squid: Caught on Camera

The size of a bus with eyes as big as dinner plates and a tangle of tentacles covered with suckers, the giant squid has nourished legends and attracted human fascination since the ancient Greeks.

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Going Ape

Following on from a hugely successful first series, Going Ape is back. Viewers will have the chance to catch up with the frontline rescue workers as they continue their struggle to save orphaned apes at the Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund (CWAF), West Africa.

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Gorilla School

'Gorilla School' follows the remarkable story of the release of captive-born gorillas back into the wild. Some of these gorillas were abandoned by their mothers and have been rescued and hand-reared at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent, England, from a very young age.

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Great Polar Bear Adventure, The

The Great Polar Bear Adventure takes viewers into the secret life of some of the most majestic creatures in the world using revolutionary technology. Combining gripping arctic footage of polar bears with the incredible animation techniques, used in films such as Stuart Little and Walking with Dinosaurs creates an ...

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Groomer Has It

Brand new to Animal Planet comes Groomer Has It. Presented by Jai Rodriguez (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) this fun and engaging competition sees a dozen of America’s best dog groomers shampoo, shave and shear their way through a series of challenges to determine who will win the cash prize of $50,000 and their ...


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Hillbilly Handfishin'

Forget, white water rafting, bungee jumping or sky diving, 'noodling, Oklahoma style' is the new way to get the adrenaline pumping - for those not in the know, 'noodling' is fishing for giant catfish in the South of America but not using a rod and reel, using your bare hands and feet!

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Human Prey 2

Human Prey presents a variety of bone-chilling attacks by some of world's deadliest predators. Dramatic re-enactments and interviews with the victims demonstrate the unpredictability of a wild or caged animal and how these events took a dramatic turn for the worst.


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It's Me Or the Dog US

From unruly retrievers to pampered pugs, renowned British dog trainer, Victoria Stilwell, has seen them all. But what about the owners who live with them? It's not just the dogs that need help!


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Jockeys

Animal Planet brings viewers into a world dominated by ferocious rivalries, fierce bonds and extraordinary risk as it documents the behind-the-scenes lives of jockeys and their magnificent racehorses. It is a world ruled by 112lb men on 1,200lb thoroughbreds, equipped with oversized personalities and big dreams.


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K9 Cops

Across the USA, K9 police squads are on the frontline of the fight against crime. The St Paul, Minnesota squad is the second oldest, one of the busiest, and arguably the most skilful in the USA. Their 21 dogs and handlers go into the most dangerous of situations – searching buildings and open areas, tracking ...

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Karina: Wild On Safari

Meet Karina holmes: model come wild African Adventurer and join her as she embarks on a two month safari to Zimbabwe and Zambia.

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Killer Animals

Once upon a time, mankind lived in fear of ferocious beasts. Now we have dominated the planet, we think of ourselves as the primary predator. However, there are still places on earth where wild animals continue to remind us that we are not masters of our world and that sometimes, we are just breakfast.

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Killer Crocs

They have the stealth of a fully trained SAS sniper, the underwater speed and agility of a cheater and the terrifying looks of a prehistoric monster. These factors combined make the crocodile one frightening and efficient killing machine.

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Killer Elephants

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Killer Hippos

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Last Lion of Liuwa, The

In a Pride Weekend premiere, Animal Planet travels to the spectacular and remote Liuwa plain to meet The Last Lion of Liuwa: the last remaining lioness on the plain, the sole survivor of a senseless massacre that took the rest of her pride.


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Meet The Sloths

In a sleepy corner of Costa Rica there is a very peculiar but extraordinary sanctuary. Run by Judy Avey-Arroyo for 20 years, this is the only sanctuary in the world devoted to saving orphaned and injured sloths, and is home to over 160 of them, some of whom have become an internet sensation...

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Miami Animal Police

Miami Animal Police

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Moose Attack

Towering at over seven feet and weighing in at almost a ton, the moose is one of the largest land animals in North America. For hundreds of years, they have fought off nature's most viscous predators, but these giants of the North Woods are now at odds with a new foe: humans.

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Must Love Cats

MUST LOVE CATS is a celebration of fascinating felines and the fascinating people who love them. From cats that saved their owners' lives to swanky cat-only hotels, the series spans the realm of all things "cat.

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My Cat From Hell

My Cat From Hell


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Pet Passport

This intriguing series tells the stories of the UK’s jet set pets, following the hundreds of journeys taken by hundreds of animals each year whether by land, air or sea. Mike and Jean Parrish set up Par Air in Essex, in 1947. This specialised company transports animals all over the world and endeavours to make the ...

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Pets 101

Pets 101 is an encyclopaedia of all your favourite pets.

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Pit Bulls & Parolees

Two hundred pit bulls, ten dusty acres in the middle of nowhere, ex-cons on parole, and at the centre of it all; one fiery, extraordinary woman, Tia Maria Torres...

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Planet Wild

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Puppies and Kittens

This one-off special provides a remarkable new look at some of your most familiar friends.


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Rescue Vet

In a brand new 14-part series, three American veterinary clinics open their doors and bring viewers inside their world of animal rescue.

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Running with Reindeer

This unique one-off looks at the Sami people who base their seasonal movements around the natural migrations of reindeer herds. This ancient connection goes back thousands of years. Wildlife conservationist Saba Douglas-Hamilton joins the Sami people for an adventure of a lifetime, as she takes part in the 'reindeer ...


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Safari Park

From the efforts of world-renowned scientists attempting a breeding programme using the park’s extremely rare white tigers to the lengths staff have to go to care for the newly born arrivals, ‘Safari Park’ features a host of stories about creatures great, and small.

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Secret Creatures of Jao

Every year the Okavango Delta in Botswana is inundated by the summer floods, isolating small islands of lush vegetation amongst a shimmering expanse of fresh water. Stranded on one of these islands, called Jao, are a troop of mongooses named the Banded Brothers. After the brutal death of their leader, the troop set ...

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Seven Deadly Strikes

Seven Deadly Strikes

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Sharks!

March on Animal Planet brings together some of the most diverse and exciting shark programming highlighting all the facets of this mysterious and deadly predator.

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Speed of Life

‘Speed of Life' recognises that much of nature functions much faster or slower, lighter or darker, larger or smaller than can be appreciated with the naked eye.

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Surviving the Drought

Surviving the Drought visits the Ruaha National Park in the south of Tanzania where, because of scorching heat and severe droughts, the animals are locked in a life-or-death struggle to find the water to survive


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Talk To The Animals 2

Join host Nicky Buckley and veterinarian Dr. Chris Brown for the exciting new second series of ‘Talk to the Animals'.

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Top 10 Predators

Top 10 Predators


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Untamed & Uncut 2

Back with a thrilling new series, Untamed & Uncut takes viewers up close and personal even more of the most incredible animal encounters ever caught on camera.

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Untamed China With Nigel Marven

In new six part series Untamed China, wildlife adventurer Nigel Marven explores the country's mountains and grasslands, crosses its greatest deserts and treks through its deepest jungles in search of the rare, little-known and extraordinary creatures that live there.


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Vet School 2

Vet School 2


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Wild Life At The Zoo

Animal Planet's, exciting new documentary series Wild Life At The Zoo profiles the fascinating world of the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, which is home to over 2600 animals living on 28 hectares.

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Wildest India

Animal Planet takes viewers on an exotic journey through India, from the epic Himalayan Mountains, down the mighty River Ganges, and across to the lost world of the North East, to explore its iconic wildlife, secret locations and grand terrains.

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Wildlife SOS 10

Over the past 30 years Simon Cowell has devoted his life to animal rescues in the South of England. Never before has British wildlife been so under threat, as people and animals are increasingly coming into conflict.

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Wildlife SOS 9

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The Zoo

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